Academic Career

Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money - as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. But they experience something new, too: an industry forever changed by the massive financial collapse of 2008. And as they get their Wall Street educations, they face hard questions about morality, prestige, and the value of their work.

Supermaker is a guide to business and career development by Jaime Schmidt: acclaimed entrepreneur, founder of Schmidt's Naturals, and icon of the Maker Movement. In Supermaker, she shares how you too can start or grow your own business with advice on branding, product development, social media marketing, scaling, PR, and customer engagement, all based on her own hard-won mastery.

Penguin Audio presents Damaged Goods, by Oliver Shah. In March 2015, British businessman and the chairman of Arcadia Group Sir Philip Green sold BHS for £1 to Retail Acquisitions, owned by Dominic Chappell, a serial bankrupt who filed BHS for administration shortly after. By April 2016, BHS had debts of £1.3bn, including a pensions deficit of £571m. Damaged Goods follows Green's journey to the big time, the sale of BHS and the subsequent investigation that concluded with Green paying £363m to the Pensions Regulator.

This memoir chronicles the life of Sanjay Singhal. Everything from his bankruptcy at the age of 31, diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and all the business successes that followed. By providing support through real life experience, Sanjay helps pave the way for a shorter path to success and help people empower their ability to be their own entrepreneurs. As one of Canada’s most sought after and successful startup investors, Sanjay’s mission lies with inspiring the next generation to take risks that no rational person would consider reasonable.

In The Tao of the Side Hustle, Don shares this martial arts wisdom, blends Buddhist Martial Arts stories with strategic business, tax and legal principles, and explains how anyone interested in a side hustle or small business can follow in his footsteps.

Reed Hastings is one of the world's foremost business leaders. As co-founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix, he has built one of the largest media and entertainment companies on the planet, with an estimated personal net worth of $3.6 billion. A notable philanthropist, he has served on the boards of Facebook, Microsoft and a number of non-profit organisations. This concise but detailed biography provides an overview of Hastings' career trajectory, providing insights into his success.

Discover the fundamental principles of negotiation, explore specific strategies for dealing with various scenarios, and immerse yourself in case studies that illustrate essential concepts. With an ethical approach and a focus on building solid relationships, you will learn to apply power, influence, and empathy responsibly. Additionally, explore how technology is shaping the future of negotiations and how to adapt to emerging trends. This book is an invaluable resource for academics, professionals, and anyone looking to enhance their negotiation skills.

New York Times bestseller 1! Più di due milioni di copie vendute! Lanciare un missile nello spazio? Costruire una macchina del futuro pratica, efficiente e pronta a conquistare il mondo con le sue linee eleganti? Non solo sognare ma camminare a grandi passi verso il lancio degli uomini su Marte? Inventare un'app e diventare un milionario prima di trent'anni? Sembra impossibile riuscire a fare tutto questo nel corso di una vita, vero? Non solo per un uomo ma anche per una squadra ben allenata di scienziati, imprenditori, costruttori e operai. Ma ce l'ha fatta.

华为从2.4万元起家发展到2013年净利润达210亿元，登顶全球电信设备商第一，这和任正非的管理思想和经商智慧息息相关……華為從2.4萬元起家發展到2013年淨利潤達210億元，登頂全球電信設備商第一，這和任正非的管理思想和經商智慧息息相關……

Designing Success offers a fresh perspective on achieving true fulfillment and balance in a world where burnout has become the norm. This book is your blueprint for creating an environment that fosters growth and empowers you to succeed on your terms. Catherine’s journey began at fifteen when she cofounded an early social network, which evolved into a thriving portfolio of dating apps serving millions. Despite fierce competition and rapid technological shifts, her team’s intentional approach to growth and strategy led to two sales: $100 million in 2011 and $500 million in 2020.

Cheekys' founder Jessi Roberts reveals how she grew one small store hurdle-by-hurdle into a national clothing and accessories brand with a one-and-a-half-million-strong community. Best of all, she did it by standing tall for her values: Always be kind, lift up the next gal, and treat employees and customers like family. More than a business book, Backroads Boss Lady is about embracing your passion even when others don't see value in it - or you - and about putting food on the table and believing in yourself.

Growing up, Cin Fabré didn’t know anything about the stock market, but from her immigrant parents, she learned how to hustle, saving money so that one day, she could escape her abusive father and poverty in the Bronx. Through a tip from a friend, Cin pushed herself into brokerage firm VTR Capital, an offshoot of Stratton Oakmont, the firm where the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, had reigned.

The road to success is rarely linear and never easy. But with courage, hard work, perseverance, and dedication to duty, Jim Ovia, founder and chairman of Zenith Bank, proves we can achieve the unthinkable. Jim has been called the Godfather of Banking by Forbes Africa. And this should be no surprise. In a time of tension between military and civilian regimes, periods of incredible economic instability, and a decaying infrastructure, Jim founded Zenith Bank in Nigeria.

Ever wondered what it takes to rise from near-death to extraordinary success? This book is for anyone looking for inspiration, resilience, and powerful business insights. Uncover the dual journey of Antonio Iozzo, who battled addiction while rising as a visionary leader, providing you with the strength to overcome your own challenges. Get inside the mind of a CEO managing a multibillion-rand empire while facing a crippling addiction, so you can apply these lessons to your personal and professional life.

As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country, but it was an unconventional path to the top. Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our world and supports us in crisis. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome the odds, which shows that anyone from similar beginnings will find that they can cope, too.

Many highly successful people are backed long before they are qualified. We tend to view these people as lucky. But the decision to back them is neither an accident nor a mistake and rarely the result of good luck. Drawing from his own business experience, countless interviews with some of tech's biggest innovators and compelling case studies of classic success stories such as Howard Schultz and Elon Musk, Gupta breaks down the qualities of backable people.

Powerhouse social media influencer and online marketing and business development expert offers inspiration and hands-on tools for readers to follow their dreams and understand why not fitting in is their biggest asset. Bringing your whole, true self to your work, including your body, soul, and spirit - and allowing your faith to be part of your day in your workplace - lets you express your fullest potential and be as successful as possible in the world.

Tom Bulleit stood on a stage before a thousand people inside a tent the size of a big-top. It was both his 30th wedding anniversary and his birthday. But there was another thing to celebrate: the dedication of the new Bulleit Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky. His great-great-grandfather, Augustus, created his first batch of Bulleit Bourbon around 1830. A century and a half later, Tom fulfilled his lifelong dream, revived the old family bourbon recipe, and started Bulleit Distilling Company.

The challenges of today's new work-from-home environment have transformed the role of employers from mere beneficiaries of workforce health to essential partners in supporting employees' total wellbeing. It's Personal: The Business Case for Caring serves as a strategic and tactical guide for company leaders who want to embrace this transformational change, improve employee engagement, and drive business results.

In What They Didn’t Tell Me, Jawad has translated the feedback he got and the lessons he learned along the way into actionable advice for leaders at every level. Drawing on his remarkable story, Jawad shows how charting your own course not only changes how others view you - it changes how you view yourself. If you’re ready to become a resilient leader at the helm of a high-performing team, this book is for you.